Being the other woman implies having an affair with married male. Such a relationship is viewed as an extra-marital affair for the male. Such a woman, who has an affair with a married male, is viewed as the “other woman” in his life. The society views the wife of the male as his first lady, irrespective of the fact that he might be having an affair with someone else at the same time. A woman should never get involved with a married male. Such an affair has no meaning and is completely baseless. Being the other woman, such a woman would never be recognized or given a higher reputation than the male’s actual wife. Society would also look down upon her as “the other woman” is someone else’s life. Being the other woman, she would also ruin someone’s happy and blessed family. Marguerite Duras had remarked, “No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.”
